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US President Donald Trump has signed a bill reopening the country’s government and ending a 69-hour partial shutdown. Mr Trump’s signature drew to a close a near-three day display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight of young immigrant “dreamers” and other contentious issues. Loading article content The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return on Tuesday, cutting short what could have become a messy and costly impasse. The House approved the measure shortly thereafter, and Mr Trump later signed it behind closed doors at the White House. But by relenting, the Democrats prompted a backlash from immigration activists and liberal base supporters who wanted them to fight longer and harder for legislation to protect from deportation the 700,000 or so younger … [Read more...] about US Government shutdown ends with Donald Trump signature

A TOPLESS activist gropes a wax work of Donald Trump at its unveiling in a Spanish museum while screaming "grab patriarchy by the balls."Shocked snappers documenting the auspicious occasion ahead of Trump's inauguration on Friday saw the woman barge past security ropes to stage her bare-breasted protest.Museum staff spent several minutes trying to restrain the FEMEN activist, before eventually bundling her out through a back door.The activist group claimed responsibility for the protest on Twitter, saying: "FEMEN just grabbed Trump's statue by the balls in Madrid."In a recording leaked last October, Trump boasted of grabbing women "by the p****".Gonzalo Presa, head of communications at the museum, called the woman's protest "unpleasant" and said he had hoped to give a "special welcome" to Donald Trump from Madrid."If they want to do this they should do it directly to him. This is too easy," he told a Reuters reporter.Makers had spent over three days creating the wax figure, paying … [Read more...] about Donald Trump waxwork statue attacked by topless FEMEN women’s rights protester during unveiling ceremony at Spanish museum

A PETITION calling for Donald Trump's state visit to the UK to be called off has soared to more than 900,000 signatures this morning.It comes as Jeremy Corbyn piles the pressure on Theresa May to step in, saying she would be "failing the British people" if she doesn't cancel the invitation after his controversial travel ban against Muslims came into force.The Labour leader said it is not right to host Mr Trump while the "awful attacks on Muslims" are going on, joining Lib Dem leader Tim Farron in the growing calls to postpone the visit.He told ITV's Peston On Sunday: "Is it really right to endorse somebody who has used this awful misogynistic language throughout the election campaign, awful attacks on Muslims, and then of course this absurd idea of building a wall between themselves and their nearest neighbour?"He added: "I think we should make it very clear we are extremely upset about it, and I think it would be totally wrong for him to be coming here while … [Read more...] about Petition calling for ban on Donald Trump’s State visit to UK passes 900,000 – NINE times the threshold needed for it to be debated in parliament

KIM Kardashian has subtly waded into the row over Donald Trump's so-called Muslim travel ban - tweeting statistics comparing the numbers killed by Islamic terrorists with those shot by other Americans.The star coolly posted the table, which shows 11,737 people were killed by being shot by a fellow American - compared to just two killed by Islamic jihadist immigrants. The tweet has been shared almost 50,000 times as protests erupt across the US against Trump's order to ban all refugees and visitors from seven Muslim countries across the world.Kim's hubby Kanye West has been a vocal supporter of the new Republican president - although he claims he didn't actually vote - but the 35-year-old reality star supported Hillary Clinton in the election race.Kim also retweeted a post from actor Kal Penn hitting back at a man who had told him he didn't "belong in America".Her post came amid a flurry of heavy criticism for the ban, with a petition to stop Trump's state visit to … [Read more...] about Now Kim Kardashian wades into Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ row by tweeting statistics of number of Americans killed by Islamic jihadi immigrants

DONALD TRUMP’s toxic travel ban was branded a potential propaganda coup for IS by the Home Secretary last night.Amid fresh outrage in Westminster over the US President’s crackdown, Amber Rudd admitted that terrorists could use the ban to “create the environment they want to radicalise people”.She told MPs: “So it is a propaganda opportunity for them, potentially.”And she appeared to question the effectiveness of the ban by saying the main terror threat facing Britain wasn’t coming from the seven Muslim countries blacklisted by the White House.She said the biggest problem was not from countries such as Iran or Syria but from home-grown militants brainwashed by Da’esh.Blasted by Labour MPs for not doing enough to criticise her counterparts in the US, Mrs Rudd said the travel ban would “never be our policy”.But she insisted America remained Britain’s “strongest ally” and it was in the Government’s interest … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim travel ban’ could be exploited by ISIS as a ‘propaganda opportunity’, warns Amber Rudd

Obamacare: Replacing and repealing Obamacare, former President Barack Obama's signature health care reform officially called the Affordable Care Act, was a top campaign issue for Donald Trump. As important, however, is the fact that the issue has been rallying cry for Republicans long before Trump took to the political stage. Both taken together are a fairly solid indicator that Obamacare in its current form will likely be repealed and replaced by Republicans in Congress. That Donald Trump signed an executive order pertaining to Obamacare on Inauguration Day only underlines the importance of this issue to his administration, even if the order itself, as experts have argued, was rather vague and without any clear impact. While it thus seems highly likely that the Republican-controlled Congress will do away with Obamacare, the entire process could take some time. "They maybe able to come with a legislative package in the first 100 days, but it may take longer than that to figure … [Read more...] about Will President Donald Trump deliver on four key promises?

US President Donald Trump's on Monday signed an executive order reviving a program to provide surplus military hardware to local police departments across America. His signature reverses a directive signed in 2015 by former President Barack Obama that severely restricted police force access to military gear such as grenade launchers, bullet-proof vests, riot shields, guns and ammunition. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Trump's decision to loud applause at a national convention of the Fratenity Order of Police in Nashville, Tennessee. Ahead of the ban's lifting, critics such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Legal Defense Fund said the Trump administration's move was "exceptionally dangerous and irresponsible." Obama had reinstated the ban on surplus high-caliber weapons, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment for local police departments following public outcry over the militarized response in 2014 to rioters in … [Read more...] about Donald Trump lifts ban on military gear for police

British hostility towards US presidential candidate and billionaire businessman Donald Trump is a hot commodity across the United Kingdom. Throughout the day the numbers have risen sharply: first 70,000; then 100,000; then 130,000; and as of this writing more than 230,000. That is, nearly a quarter of a million people signing a petition to ban the US presidential candidate from Britain. The appeal comes in response to widespread outrage over Trump's repeated calls to ban Muslims from the United States. He called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" following recent attacks that left 14 people dead in California and killed 130 in Paris. He later defended his comments on US network MSNBC, saying: "They have sections in Paris that are radicalized, where the police refuse to go. "We have places in London... that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives." … [Read more...] about Outraged Britons sign petition to ban GOP’s Donald Trump

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has joined the international condemnation of billionaire Donald Trump, following his call for Muslims to be banned from entering the US. Prince Alwaleed, the chairman of Kingdom Holding, tweeted late on Friday, saying that Trump was "a disgrace not only to the GOP (Republican Party) but to all America." The Saudi businessman then told Trump to "withdraw from the US presidential race as you will never win." Trump, former star of the TV series, The Apprentice - who is now the frontrunner for the Republican nomination - called earlier this week for a temporary but complete ban on Muslims from entering the country until authorities can work out Muslim attitudes to the US. The comments were made days after a mass shooting by a Muslim couple in San Bernardino, California, which left 14 people dead. The remarks were quickly denounced by the White House and several world and religious leaders. Alwaleed is a devout but moderate Muslim. He … [Read more...] about Saudi billionaire prince in social media rant at US candidate Donald Trump

Almost six months after Donald Trump was sworn in - backed by a Republican majority in the House and Senate - the president and the GOP still have no signature legislative success to their names. The starkest symbol of their failure to govern is their inability to deliver on Trump's promise to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and replace it with a Republican version of health care reform. What makes the ongoing legislative health care debacle more embarrassing and consequential than, for instance, President Trump's uphill struggle to build a wall along the Mexican border, is that abolishing Obama's signature piece of legislation - unlike the president's border wall idea - was a longstanding Republican policy. Getting rid of "Obamacare" has been the joint rallying cry for Republican legislators across the country for years now. Little room for schadenfreude And while it may seem ironic that their effort towards fulfilling their "repeal and … [Read more...] about Opinion: Congressional Republicans have joined Donald Trump’s amateur hour